Rust assessment anyone?, Delightful photos of my rust. Options

[Zylinder]

First time posting to this forum and a 914 newbie.

I removed my rocker panel to check out the rust situation and thought I would see what y'all thought.

What parts do I need to buy, what to simply patch.

There is only a couple of small holes under the completely destroyed battery tray.

I did jack up the car once with the factory jack in the square hole and it held, but after looking at the rust I won't do that again.

I also threw in a photo of the cool flat spot on my exhaust caused by the PO not re-tightening the tranny nuts. We were hauling it home on a dolly and it dropped! - sparks a' plenty!

http://www.wholewheat.com/914/rust/

Any and all feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Cano]

You have got some pretty bad rust, but it looks line my '73 was worse. How bad is the frame rail and suspension console underneath the battery tray? My suspension console had rusted from the inside out, resulting in a big ol crack.

It is repairable, but likely not cost effective unless you do it yourself. Replacement body parts can be obtained from Restoration Designs, and Brad Mayeur (veldiadv@midwest.net) makes a kit to reinforce the longs. Alot of people criticize it for being too heavy, but it is well thought out and worked well on my car. You can also fabricate alot of repair pieces yourself that do not have hard to duplicate shapes.

I am also in Louisville, and feel free to email me if you would like to check out what rustoration I did to mine.